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<blockquote data-quote="Psykick" data-source="post: 7832680" data-attributes="member: 7016035"><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Ingredients:</span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Secret Admirer</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Serene Coven</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Belt of the Copper Dragon</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Hurricane Recovery</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Funeral Rites</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Shadow Couatl</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">[SPOILER="Sacrifice"][/SPOILER]</span>[SPOILER="Sacrifice"][/spoiler]</strong>[SPOILER="Sacrifice"][/spoiler]</span>[SPOILER="Sacrifice"]</p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Sacrifice</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">The party has received a missive from the Yawning Portal, inviting them to participate in a hunt into Undermountain to deal with a Stirge infestation. They are heading to the port of Rascalin to secure passage to Waterdeep.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Upon reaching Rascalin, they discover that a hurricane has hit the city. Repair efforts are underway, but it’s clear that this happened very recently. A pair of soldiers on patrol hail the group and explain that the Mayor, Magale, has promised gold for those who help in the recovery. Those willing should report to the Burnished Dragon Inn.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">The Burnished Dragon is a stone structure in the center of the city, it is banded with copper shaped in the form of an ouroboros encircling the inn. Close examination reveals ancient runes of protection expertly engraved into the design.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Magale - wearing a copper chain ouroboros belt matching the inn’s - is organizing repair efforts with several townsfolk. The party is asked to run supplies to the triage tents across the city. On the way to do so they will need to complete some challenges:</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Rescue a trapped family from debris (DC 12)</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Stabilize an injured member of that family</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Find a way through or around a street filled with rubble (DC 16)</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Defeat a pair of looters</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Surviving family members and townsfolk at the triage tents talk of a nearby witch coven that they think is responsible for the hurricane. The coven is blamed for unusual circumstances that occur locally such as:</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Forest paths turning into endless circles</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Trees moving into the middle of fields</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Entire harvests changing from corn to rice overnight</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Doors disappearing from houses leaving solid walls</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Though frustrating, all fairly benign issues. More recently the occurrences have gotten worse:</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">livestock dying horrifically</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Important roads disappearing</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">a low tide that lasted for a month and disrupted trade</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Upon their return, Magale will enlist assistance with a task. Magale was secretly the leader of the Coven of the Copper Dragon. Magale fell in love with the Inn’s former owner, Jayal. Tragically Jayal drowned rescuing children from a flash flood, and in their grief, Magale left the coven and took over the Inn as a way of desperately clinging to the love she lost.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Like their namesake, the coven’s witches are tricksters but ultimately good. Long ago, the coven created the Burnished Dragon in a feat of legendary magic, afterward their role has been to periodically create minor chaos - the energies created by this chaos are a cosmic balance to the field of protection and prosperity generated by the Inn.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Magale recognizes the coven’s hand in the hurricane, and believes that they are corrupted by an ancient shadow couatl foe, Noxical, that the original coven magically sealed long ago. As much as it pains Magale, they ask the group to end the corruption by eliminating the coven and performing a funeral rite binding Noxical’s power back on itself, thus neutralizing its dark influence. The group is given the location, a ritual scroll to accomplish the rite, one of Magale’s Earrings of Sending to communicate, and promises of gold and potions.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Upon arriving at the coven’s dwelling, they are met by a trio of witches performing a ritual. One witch has a belt similar to Magale’s except it is dark, tarnished, and looks like a couatl. The group can fight or attempt peaceful resolution - Noxical’s corruption is not absolute:</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Fight: One witch will stop casting to fight, and when they are dead or downed, the other two will abandon the ritual and fight. Once the battle is complete, the funeral rites go off without a hitch, and the party can return to Magale for their reward.</span><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">The witches carry an assortment of gold, gems, and valuable spell components - as well as a journal found on the belted witch.The witch, Sariah, was a member of the coven and secretly loved Magale. When Magale left, Sariah fell into a dark despair that allowed Noxical to influence and corrupt. It has been slowly breaking the bonds of its imprisonment through the corruption.</span></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Peace: Sariah will share their story if negotiated with and Magale suggests the funeral rites can be completed, but will require Sariah’s “death” in the form of sacrificing all of their memories permanently. The rite will break the link to Noxical and allow the binding magic to work as well as cleansing the other witches who are in Sariah’s thrall.</span></li> </ul><p>[/SPOILER]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Psykick, post: 7832680, member: 7016035"] [B][FONT=georgia]Ingredients:[/FONT][/B] [FONT=georgia] Secret Admirer Serene Coven Belt of the Copper Dragon Hurricane Recovery Funeral Rites Shadow Couatl [B][SIZE=5][SPOILER="Sacrifice"][/SPOILER][/SIZE][SPOILER="Sacrifice"][/spoiler][/B][SPOILER="Sacrifice"][/spoiler][/FONT][SPOILER="Sacrifice"] [CENTER][FONT=georgia][B][SIZE=5]Sacrifice[/SIZE][/B][/FONT][/CENTER] [FONT=georgia] The party has received a missive from the Yawning Portal, inviting them to participate in a hunt into Undermountain to deal with a Stirge infestation. They are heading to the port of Rascalin to secure passage to Waterdeep. Upon reaching Rascalin, they discover that a hurricane has hit the city. Repair efforts are underway, but it’s clear that this happened very recently. A pair of soldiers on patrol hail the group and explain that the Mayor, Magale, has promised gold for those who help in the recovery. Those willing should report to the Burnished Dragon Inn. The Burnished Dragon is a stone structure in the center of the city, it is banded with copper shaped in the form of an ouroboros encircling the inn. Close examination reveals ancient runes of protection expertly engraved into the design. Magale - wearing a copper chain ouroboros belt matching the inn’s - is organizing repair efforts with several townsfolk. The party is asked to run supplies to the triage tents across the city. On the way to do so they will need to complete some challenges:[/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=georgia]Rescue a trapped family from debris (DC 12)[/FONT] [*][FONT=georgia]Stabilize an injured member of that family[/FONT] [*][FONT=georgia]Find a way through or around a street filled with rubble (DC 16)[/FONT] [*][FONT=georgia]Defeat a pair of looters[/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT=georgia] Surviving family members and townsfolk at the triage tents talk of a nearby witch coven that they think is responsible for the hurricane. The coven is blamed for unusual circumstances that occur locally such as:[/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=georgia]Forest paths turning into endless circles[/FONT] [*][FONT=georgia]Trees moving into the middle of fields[/FONT] [*][FONT=georgia]Entire harvests changing from corn to rice overnight[/FONT] [*][FONT=georgia]Doors disappearing from houses leaving solid walls[/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT=georgia] Though frustrating, all fairly benign issues. More recently the occurrences have gotten worse:[/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=georgia]livestock dying horrifically[/FONT] [*][FONT=georgia]Important roads disappearing[/FONT] [*][FONT=georgia]a low tide that lasted for a month and disrupted trade[/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT=georgia] Upon their return, Magale will enlist assistance with a task. Magale was secretly the leader of the Coven of the Copper Dragon. Magale fell in love with the Inn’s former owner, Jayal. Tragically Jayal drowned rescuing children from a flash flood, and in their grief, Magale left the coven and took over the Inn as a way of desperately clinging to the love she lost. Like their namesake, the coven’s witches are tricksters but ultimately good. Long ago, the coven created the Burnished Dragon in a feat of legendary magic, afterward their role has been to periodically create minor chaos - the energies created by this chaos are a cosmic balance to the field of protection and prosperity generated by the Inn. Magale recognizes the coven’s hand in the hurricane, and believes that they are corrupted by an ancient shadow couatl foe, Noxical, that the original coven magically sealed long ago. As much as it pains Magale, they ask the group to end the corruption by eliminating the coven and performing a funeral rite binding Noxical’s power back on itself, thus neutralizing its dark influence. The group is given the location, a ritual scroll to accomplish the rite, one of Magale’s Earrings of Sending to communicate, and promises of gold and potions. Upon arriving at the coven’s dwelling, they are met by a trio of witches performing a ritual. One witch has a belt similar to Magale’s except it is dark, tarnished, and looks like a couatl. The group can fight or attempt peaceful resolution - Noxical’s corruption is not absolute:[/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=georgia]Fight: One witch will stop casting to fight, and when they are dead or downed, the other two will abandon the ritual and fight. Once the battle is complete, the funeral rites go off without a hitch, and the party can return to Magale for their reward.[/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=georgia]The witches carry an assortment of gold, gems, and valuable spell components - as well as a journal found on the belted witch.The witch, Sariah, was a member of the coven and secretly loved Magale. When Magale left, Sariah fell into a dark despair that allowed Noxical to influence and corrupt. It has been slowly breaking the bonds of its imprisonment through the corruption.[/FONT] [/LIST] [*][FONT=georgia]Peace: Sariah will share their story if negotiated with and Magale suggests the funeral rites can be completed, but will require Sariah’s “death” in the form of sacrificing all of their memories permanently. The rite will break the link to Noxical and allow the binding magic to work as well as cleansing the other witches who are in Sariah’s thrall.[/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT=georgia][/FONT][/SPOILER][FONT=georgia][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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